Family* Lifestyle* Empowerment Blog
This morning, I woke up to a text from my nephew Michael that had been sent around midnight. It was an old picture of him sitting on my lap while I bounced him as a baby. I was only a sophomore in college, wearing oversized glasses and still trying to figure out life myself. Michael… Continue reading Auntie’s Baby: The Love of an Aunt and the Strength of a Village
I've learned a few life lessons from my plant babies that I hold dear in applying with my walk with God, my role as a mother, and my interactions with others.
The prevailing worldview mistakenly equates gentleness with weakness, consistently promoting loud, bold, and aggressively assertive behavior as the means to achieve visibility or express oneself effectively. While there are moments that call us to walk boldly in authority, may we never lose sight of the power of gentleness. True authority in Christ is not expressed… Continue reading Walking in Gentleness
The tradition of wearing church hats on Sunday is deeply meaningful to my family. On Sundays, I would often marvel at my Grandmother's elegant attire as we attended our small family church in Waynesboro, Georgia, where she would wear her stunning hats. As a hardworking custodian at an elementary school, my Grandma Minnie generally dressed… Continue reading More than Just Hats: Our Family’s Reverence for Southern Church Hats
Many of us don't look like what we've been through, or we may not look like what we're possibly going through at the time. It's not likely that you'll find someone wearing a T-shirt listing everything they've been through in challenges beginning at their first fall when they begin learning how to walk. Many of… Continue reading Beyond the Surface: “You Don’t Look Like What You’re Going Through!”
I recently took a social media sabbatical from my personal accounts; I was able to log back into every account except my personal Facebook account, which I had maintained for 15 years. Initially, I was somewhat dismayed that I lost many of my private photo albums, and I also reflected on the people I befriended… Continue reading You Didn’t Need It
Purpose Filled Mommy with Minimarie 